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and shall at the same time enter in the Register a memorandum recording the issue of such abstract, and indorse on the outstanding duplicate of title a like memorandum. 138. From and after the issuing of any such registration abstract no transfer of or other dealing with the estate or interest in respect of which such registration abstract is issued shall be entered in the Register until such abstract has been surrendered to the Registrar to be cancelled, or the loss or destruction of such abstract proved to his satisfaction. 139. Whenever any transfer or other dealing is intended to be effected under any registration abstract, a memorandum of transfer or such other instrument as the case may require shall be prepared in form hereinbefore prescribed, and shall be produced to some one of the persons appointed as persons before whom the execution of instruments without the limits of New Zealand may be proved. 140. Upon memorial of such instrument being entered upon the registration abstract and authenticated by the signature of such authorized person, such instrument shall be.held to be registered, and such transfer or other dealing shall be as valid and binding to all intents as if the same had been entered in the Register by the Registrar of the district within which the land is ; and such authorized person as aforesaid shall record the like memorial on the outstanding duplicate of title. 141. A certificate of registration indorsed on the instrument of which the memorial has been so entered, and signed by such authorized person and sealed with his seal, shall be received in all Courts as conclusive evidence that such instrument has been duly registered. 142. Upon the return of any registration abstract to the Registrar he shall record in the Register, in such manner as to preserve their priority, the particulars of every transfer or other dealing recorded thereon, and shall file in his office the duplicates of every memorandum of transfer or other instrument executed thereunder which may for that purpose be delivered to him, and shall cancel such abstract, and note the fact of such cancellation in the Register. 143. If a freehold estate in such land, or in any part thereof, is transferred, the grant or certificate of title shall be delivered up to the Registrar, who shall thereupon proceed as is hereinbefore directed for the case of the transfer of an estate of freehold. 144. Upon proof at any time to the satisfaction of the Registrar that any registration abstract is lost or so obliterated as to be useless, and that the powers thereby given have never been exercised, or if they have been exercised, then upon proof of the several matters and things that have been done thereunder, the Registrar may, as circumstances require, either issue a new registration abstract, as the case may be, or direct such entries to be made in the Register, or such other matter or thing to be done, as might have been made or done if no such loss or obliteration had taken place. Caveat. 145. Any person having or claiming an interest in any land the subject of an application to bring the same under this Act may, at any time within the time limited for that purpose by advertisement as hereinbefore provided, lodge with the Registrar a caveat in the Form K in the Second Schedule hereto.

After issue of abstract no entry to be made in Register. 1908, No. 99, s. 139

Mode of proeodure under registration abstract. lb., «. 140

Entry upon abstract to have same effect as if on Register. Ib.,s. 141

Certified entries on abstract to be evidence. lb., s. 142

Proceedings upon return of abstract. lb., s. 143

On transfer of fee, original grant to be surrendered. Ib.,s. 144

Procedure in case of loss of registration abstraot. lb., s. 145

Caveat against bringing land under Act. lb., s. 1.40

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